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1118: An Approximate Dynamic Programming Framework for Modeling Global Climate Policy under Decision-Dependent Uncertainty

Mort Webster, Nidhi Santen and Panos Parpas

1117: Fuel Prices and New Vehicle Fuel Economy in Europe

Thomas Klier and Joshua Linn

1116: Some Inconvenient Truths About Climate Change Policy: The Distributional Impacts of Transportation Policies

Stephen Holland, Jonathan Hughes, Christopher Knittel and Nathan C. Parker

1115: Cleaning the Bathwater with the Baby: The Health Co-Benefits of Carbon Pricing in Transportation

Christopher Knittel and Ryan Sandle

1114: Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India

Michael Greenstone and Rema Hanna

1113: Caution, Drivers! Children Present: Traffic, Pollution, and Infant Health

Christopher Knittel, Douglas Miller and Nicholas Sanders

1112: Russia’s Natural Gas Export Potential up to 2050

Sergey Paltsev

1111: Regulatory Design for RES-E Support Mechanisms: Learning Curves, Market Structure, and Burden-Sharing

C. Batlle, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga and P. Zambrano-Barragán

1110: The Importance of Research and Development (R&D) for U.S. Competitiveness and a Clean Energy Future

Michael Greenstone

1109: Liability and Financial Responsibility for Oil Spills under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and Related Statutes

Michael Greenstone

1108: Evaluating Policies to Increase the Generation of Electricity from Renewable Energy

Richard Schmalensee

1107: The Dynamic Effects of Hurricanes in the US: The Role of Non-Disaster Transfer Payments

Tatyana Deryugina

1106: Estimating the Social Cost of Carbon for Use in U.S. Federal Rulemakings: A Summary and Interpretation

Michael Greenstone, Elizabeth Kopits and Ann Wolverton

1105: Effects of the Uncertainty about Global Economic Recovery on Energy Transition and CO2 Price

Olivier Durand-Lasserve, Axel Pierru and Yves Smeers

1104: Superfund Cleanups and Infant Health

Janet Currie, Michael Greenstone and Enrico Moretti

1103: Subglobal Climate Agreements and Energy-Intensive Activities: Is there a Carbon Haven for Copper?

Bruno Lanz, Thomas F. Rutherford and John Tilton

1102: Stocks & Shocks: A Clarification in the Debate Over Price vs. Quantity Controls for Greenhouse Gases

John E. Parsons and Luca Taschini

1101: Review of Support Schemes for Renewable Energy Sources in South America

C. Batlle and Luiz Barroso

1017: The Weak Tie Between Natural Gas and Oil Prices

David J. Ramberg and John E. Parsons

1016: Capacity Factor Risk At Nuclear Power Plants

Yangbo Du and John E. Parsons

1015: Financing a National Transmission Grid: What Are the Issues?

Gilbert Metcalf

1014: Gas Balancing Rules Must Take into account the Trade-off between Offering Pipeline Transport and Pipeline Flexibility in Liberalized Gas Markets

Nico Keyaerts, Michelle Hallack, Jean-Michel Glachant and William D’haeseleer

1013: Comparing the Costs of Intermittent and Dispatchable Electricity Generating Technologies

Paul Joskow

1012: Fat Tails, Thin Tails, and Climate Change Policy

Robert Pindyck

1011: Towards an Emissions Trading Scheme for Air Pollutants in India

Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande and Nicholas Ryan

1010: On The Portents of Peak Oil (And Other Indicators of Resource Scarcity)

James Smith

1009: Modelling the Effects of Nuclear Fuel Reservoir Operation in a Competitive Electricity Market

Maria Lykidi, Jean-Michel Glachant and Pascal Gourdel

1008: Electricity Network Tariff Architectures: A Comparison of Four OECD Countries

Vivek Sakhrani and John E. Parsons

1007: Risk and Responsibility Sharing in Nuclear Spent Fuel Management

Guillaume De Roo

1006: Taxation and the Extraction of Exhaustible Resources: Evidence From California Oil Production

Nirupama Rao

1005: Uncertainty and Energy Saving Investments

Matti Liski and Pauli Murto

1004: Speculation without Oil Stockpiling as a Signature: A Dynamic Perspective

Axel Pierru and Denis Babusiaux

1003: Gasoline Prices, Fuel Economy, and the Energy Paradox

Hunt Allcott and Nathan Wozny

1002: Why and How the European Union Can Get a (Near To) Carbon-Free Energy System in 2050?

Christopher Jones and Jean-Michel Glachant

1001: Modeling the Impact of Warming in Climate Change Economics

Robert Pindyck

0920: Investment in Energy Infrastructure and the Tax Code

Gilbert Metcalf

0919: Cap-and-Trade Properties under Different Scheme Designs

Georg Grüll and Luca Taschini

0918: A Comparison of Reduced-Form Permit Price Models and their Empirical Performances

Georg Grüll and Luca Taschini

0917: Renewable Electricity Generation in the United States

Richard Schmalensee

0916: Allocation in Air Emissions Markets

Denny Ellerman

0915: Rethinking Real Time Electricity Pricing

Hunt Allcott

0914: Social Norms and Energy Conservation

Hunt Allcott

0913: Black Gold & Fool’s Gold: Speculation in the Oil Futures Market

John E. Parsons

0912: The Economic and Policy Consequences of Catastrophes

Robert Pindyck

0911: Comparison of the Evolution of Energy Intensity in Spain and in the EU15. Why is Spain Different?

María Mendiluce, Ignacio J. Pérez-Arriaga and Carlos Ocaña

0910: A Comprehensive Approach for Computation and Implementation of Efficient Electricity Transmission Network Charges

Luis Olmos and Ignacio J. Pérez-Arriaga

0909: Regulatory Instruments for Deployment of Clean Energy Technologies

Ignacio J. Pérez-Arriaga

0908: Nuclear Fuel Recycling, the Value of the Separated Transuranics and the Levelized Cost of Electricity

Guillaume De Roo and John E. Parsons

0907: Uncertain Outcomes and Climate Change Policy

Robert Pindyck

0906: Market Power in Pollution Permit Markets

Juan-Pablo Montero